MNGOP Rep. Mike Parry made headlines in August for characterizing Gov. Mark Dayton as a pill-popping drug addict. Around the same time, MNGOP House candidate Roz Peterson said the governor "is mentally unbalanced."

In a recently surfaced video, Peterson -- a Lakeville school board member who is running against Democrat Will Morgan in a redrawn House district -- is seen getting some cheap laughs from a Republican audience she spoke to in August after she cracks a joke about the governor's allegedly fragile mental health.

She says:

We need to make sure that this seat remains conservative. And we also need to ensure that Dayton has balance in power, because we all know he's mentally unbalanced. (laughs)

Here's the video:

Dayton has admitted he's battled depression and alcoholism as an adult and takes antidepressants. Some might think his openness about those issues is commendable, but for Parry and Peterson, it's evidence he's unfit for office.

I take blood pressure medication every day, does that make me "physically unbalanced" and thus a bad candidate or elected official?

For how long did we hear the snickers, whispers, and outright statements that women could not be good elected officials because of, you know, *that* issue. Being a women alone should never have discounted someone for being a good candidate or elected official. Is this any different? To me, no.